The Starlit Sky

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Archive for May, 2009

Strawberries Make Me Sick

That’s right … I don’t like strawberries. I don’t eat any strawberry-flavored food most especially if it’s ice cream. Yay! The mere thought is enough to make me feel dizzy. I know a lot of people are saying that strawberries are sweet and that they taste really good and that good food brings back good memories but that’s just not my case :( Friends are often surprised everytime I tell them I’m not a fan of strawberries. Some are even annoyed saying I’m all that arte (choosy). I don’t know. Maybe it’s all in my mindset. When I was small, my parents would always have to bring me to PGH (Philippine General Hospital) because I was a sickling. Asthma, allergies, flu, etc. As far as I can recall, I hated the bitter taste of medicines so my mom and the nice nurse convinced me to take all those tablets and syrups by telling me that those are strawberry-flavored so the taste must be really good. And so I grew up with the idea that strawberries taste like medicine. To make it worse, their smell reminds me of the unpleasant atmosphere of a hospital. I know I sound strange and weird but it’s the truth.